106. I'm the Only Driver

　　A short young man was¹ running² behind a bus which was full of passengers⁴. But the bus still ran⁵ at a great speed⁶.

　　"Stop, stop, " a passenger³ looked out of the window, and shouted at the young man, "you can't catch it ! "

　　"I must," the young fellow⁷ said⁸, out of breath⁹, "because I'm only driver of the bus.

Notes:

　　out of breath上气不接下气

Exercises:

根据短文判断下列句子正（T）、（F）：

　　① The young man who was running behind the bus was tall.

　　② The bus was half full of passengers.

　　③ The bus was running very fast.

　　④ The passenger bad pity¹⁰ on the young man.

　　⑤ The young man was the driver.

106.唯有我是司机

　　在一辆满载乘客的公共汽车后面，一位小个子青年在奔跑着。气车仍在高速前进。

　　“停下吧，”一位乘客把头伸出窗子，对小个子喊道，“你追不上的！”

　　“我必须追上，”小个子气喘吁吁地说，“我是司机！”

练习参考答案：

①F②F③T④T⑤T

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 running   

n.赛跑，流出，运转；adj.流动的，跑着的，连续的

参考例句：

• I like running.我喜欢跑步。
• The water is running out.水流出来了。

3 passenger   

n.乘客，旅客

参考例句：

• It is a passenger train.这是辆客车。
• The passenger ship was two hours late.客船误点两小时。

4 passengers   

n.乘客( passenger的名词复数 )；旅客；白吃饭的人；闲散人员

参考例句：

• None of the passengers and crew were injured. 没有一个乘客和机组人员受伤。
• Passengers on long-haul flights are being warned about the risks of deep vein thrombosis. 长途航班上的乘客须注意可能出现深静脉血栓。

5 ran   

vbl.run的过去式

参考例句：

• He ran,and then slowed down to a walk.他跑着，然后放慢速度步行。
• As soon as Marie opened the door,the dog ran in.当玛丽一打开门，狗就跑了进来。

6 speed   

vt./vi（sped,sped,speeded,speeded）加快；飞跑；n.速度

参考例句：

• The car was running at high speed.汽车急速地向前行驶。
• We'll never get there if he doesn't speed up. 如果他不快些走，我们一定到不了那里。

7 fellow   

n.人，家伙；伙伴，同事；对等者，对手；一对中之一，配对物；adj.同伴的，同事的

参考例句：

• I can't stand that fellow.我不能容忍那家伙。
• Who's that old fellow?那个老家伙是谁？

8 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

9 breath   

n.呼吸，气息，微风，迹象，精神，一种说话的声音

参考例句：

• I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.我正要出去呼吸新鲜空气。
• While climbing up the stairs the old man always loses his breath.那老人上楼时总是气喘吁吁的。

10 pity   

n.遗憾，同情，可惜；v.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• I pity him from the bottom of my heart.我从心里怜悯他。
• It was a pity that the weather was so bad.天气这样恶劣，真遗憾。